National Labour Organisation

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The National Labour Organisation was a small British political group of ex-Labour politicians who supported Ramsay MacDonald and later Neville Chamberlain’s National Government in the 1930s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British political party
political organisation
activeInPeriod 1930s
World War II
country United Kingdom
dissolved 1945
electoralActivity contested United Kingdom general elections in the 1930s
electoralAlliance Conservative Party (UK)
Liberal National Party
followedBy independent National candidates in 1945 election
foundedBy Ramsay MacDonald
hasCharacteristic comprised mainly of ex-Labour MPs
small parliamentary group
hasLeader Malcolm MacDonald
Ramsay MacDonald
hasMember Archibald Sinclair
George Russell Strauss
James Henry Thomas
John Sankey
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Malcolm MacDonald
Philip Snowden
Ramsay MacDonald
hasPart National Labour Organisation self-linksurface differs
surface form: National Labour Organisation (parliamentary group)
hasRole support party for National Government
headquartersLocation London, England
surface form: London
historicalContext Great Depression
surface form: Great Depression in the United Kingdom

interwar period in the United Kingdom
ideology labourism
social democracy
inception 1931
languageOfWorkOrName English
namedAfter National Government coalition
surface form: National Government
opposedBy Labour Party (UK)
parliamentaryRepresentation House of Commons of the United Kingdom
partOf National Government (United Kingdom)
politicalPosition centre-left
positionOnIssue supported austerity measures during Great Depression
supported coalition government with Conservatives and Liberals
supported rearmament in late 1930s
precededBy Labour Party (UK)
surface form: Labour Party (MacDonald faction)
reasonForDissolution defeat of most National Government supporters in 1945 general election
separatedFrom Labour Party (UK)
supported National Government coalition
surface form: National Government

Neville Chamberlain
Ramsay MacDonald

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Chamberlain government coalitionPartners National Labour Organisation
37th United Kingdom Parliament coalitionPartner National Labour Organisation
National Government coalition participatingParty National Labour Organisation
National Labour Organisation hasPart National Labour Organisation self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: National Labour Organisation (parliamentary group)
Sir John Anderson parliamentaryGroup National Labour Organisation
this entity surface form: National Labour
Ramsay MacDonald politicalParty National Labour Organisation
Ramsay MacDonald parliamentaryGroup National Labour Organisation
Third Baldwin government includedParty National Labour Organisation
National Government (United Kingdom) coalitionPartner National Labour Organisation
National Government hasPart National Labour Organisation
subject surface form: National Government (United Kingdom)
this entity surface form: National Labour
Malcolm MacDonald memberOfPoliticalParty National Labour Organisation
John Sankey memberOf National Labour Organisation